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strnlen - determine the length of a fixed-size string

Attributes

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ InterfaceAttributeValue   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ strnlen()                                                                   │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

Description

       The  strnlen()  function  returns  the  number  of  bytes  in  the  string pointed to by s, excluding the
       terminating null byte ('\0'), but at most maxlen.  In doing this,  strnlen()  looks  only  at  the  first
       maxlen characters in the string pointed to by s and never beyond s[maxlen-1].

History

       POSIX.1-2008.

Library

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Name

       strnlen - determine the length of a fixed-size string

Return Value

       The  strnlen()  function  returns  strlen(s),  if that is less than maxlen, or maxlen if there is no null
       terminating ('\0') among the first maxlen characters pointed to by s.

See Also

strlen(3)

Linux man-pages 6.9.1                              2024-06-15                                         strnlen(3)

Standards

       POSIX.1-2008.

Synopsis

#include<string.h>size_tstrnlen(constchars[.maxlen],size_tmaxlen);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       strnlen():
           Since glibc 2.10:
               _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
           Before glibc 2.10:
               _GNU_SOURCE

See Also